Week Nineteen - Open

 

Next week our focus will be on the nineteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Open."  Helen will lead us in this casual discussion.

Does prayer really help?
Many of us have experienced situations where we've prayed and it felt like God wasn't listening. And yet other times we've prayed or known someone that prayed and the situation changed. Does God answer prayer? Sometimes, but not all the time? Or does God always answer prayer and it's just that sometimes God says no? Some of us are angry with God for not answering the prayers we've prayed for years. Why did he answer their prayer but not ours? What if there's more to prayer than just God listening and answering? Maybe if we understood how Jesus prayed, our concepts and expectations of prayer would change.

Click this link to watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on January 6th:

http://nooma.com/films/019-open

Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!

Week Eighteen - Name

 

Next week our focus will be on the eighteenth film in Rob Bell's Nooma series - "Name."  Helen will lead us in this casual discussion.

Are we so concerned with what others think that we miss out on being who God created us to be? 
We all compare ourselves to others. We spend our lives wondering what others think and say about us. Some of us even wish we were someone else. We question why we are the way we are and not the way we wish we could be. Some of us have let the expectations of others dictated who we've become. We act a certain way to be accepted but know that we're being untrue. But why are we so concerned with what other people think, say, or look like? What does it say about us if we are unable to accept who we are? Maybe if we really knew our true selves, we wouldn't give so much attention to other peoples' lives and live more in tune with the life God wants for us.

Click this link to watch the trailer for the film we'll watch on December 30th:

http://nooma.com/films/018-name

Remember, we meet in the Fellowship Hall during Sunday School (9:45-10:45).  Everyone is welcome!!